Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers

Airline Pilots

Flight Instructor

Flight Instructor

Pilot

Pilot in Marine Corp

Flight Instructor

Helicopter Pilot

Helicopter Pilot

Job Information

Pilot and navigate the flight of fixed-wing, multi-engine aircraft, usually on scheduled air carrier routes, for the transport of passengers and cargo. Requires Federal Air Transport Pilot certificate and rating for specific aircraft type used. Includes regional, National, and international airline pilots and flight instructors of airline pilots.

Information

Although flight crews—pilots and flight attendants—are the most visible occupations, the vast majority of the industry's employees work in ground occupations.

A bachelor's degree is increasingly required or preferred for most pilot and flight attendant jobs.

Job prospects generally are better in regional and low-cost carriers than in major airlines, where competition for many jobs is keen; a unique benefit—free or reduced-fare transportation for airline employees and their immediate families—attracts many jobseekers.